Palo Alto unveils announced Prisma Access 2.0

Cloud-based web security offerings that rely on proxy-based Secure Web Gateway (SWG) or Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB) technology have failed to deliver a consistent work-from-anywhere experience for organizations. While many apps have moved to software-as-a-service (SaaS) or web-based architectures, our analysis of threat data from more than 500 customers shows that 53% of all remote workforce threats are related to non-web apps.

Digital transformation and work-from-anywhere requirements are fueling a massive shift in enterprise architectures. Quite simply, users and apps are now everywhere. To address these changing requirements, we believe the future of network security is in the cloud, and today we are extending that vision even further with Prisma Access 2.0.

Palo Alto announced Prisma Access 2.0, the industry’s most complete cloud-delivered security platform. While there are a large number of features and enhancements, there are five that we want to emphasize:

1. Cloud Management
Completely reimagined and simplified UI built from the ground-up

2.Autonomous Digital Experience Management
Provides native digital experience insights, and drives autonomous remediation of problems that could impact end users

3.ML-Powered Security
ML capabilities from PAN-OS 10, making Prisma Access the first cloud-delivered security platform that uses ML to prevent threats

4. Cloud Secure Web Gateway (SWG)
Introducing support for explicit proxy to simplify migration of legacy proxy customers to Prisma Access

5. CloudBlades API-based platform support
Enables third-party services to be easily integrated, with the first being Remote Browser Isolation services from leading RBI vendors

And if that wasn’t enough, Prisma Access 2.0 also adds powerful IoT security capabilities to help organizations protect against IoT threats without the need to deploy additional sensors or appliances. It also delivers encrypted tunnel performance that is 10 times greater than competing solutions for faster remote access to meet the needs of even the most demanding enterprises.

I am really proud of the team for delivering so many amazing capabilities. This release clearly demonstrates why Prisma Access is the only cloud-delivered security platform that enables organizations to embrace a cloud-first approach by providing:

• Access to all apps and protection against all threat vectors, not just web-based apps and threats, helping organizations reduce the risk of data breach by up to 45% according to Forrester Consulting.
• Complete best-in-class security that provides more security coverage than any other solution, receiving more than 4.3 million unique security updates per day, 24.5 times our nearest competitor.
• High-performance access with optimized user experience, supporting 10 times more total encrypted tunnel throughput than the nearest competitor, with performance SLAs that are 10 times better than any other cloud-delivered service.